Pension reform: "There will be strikes everywhere on Tuesday", according to the secretary general of FO

Alexandre Dalifard 7:07 p.m., March 05, 2023

What to expect on March 7?

As Philippe Martinez said in the Sunday Journal, "Tuesday we go up a gear, there is nothing to negotiate, Emmanuel Macron to withdraw his pension reform".

Invited to Europe 1 Evening Weekend, the secretary general of FO Frédéric Souillot, returns to the words of his comrade.

"That means France at a standstill on Tuesday. It has already started this Sunday with the truck strike notice. Then for two days on the electricity and gas industries", he specifies at the microphone of Pierre de Vilno .

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“There will be strikes everywhere”

Concretely, where exactly are these actions located?

"This is everywhere, especially in the provinces, since this reform project is also the catalyst for a rise in wages which does not happen, inflation, fresh produce which has soared and the cost of energy “, emphasizes Frédéric Souillot.

Faced with the sixth day of mobilization scheduled for Tuesday, where nearly 1.4 million people are expected in the streets everywhere in France, some French people are worried about their organization.

For the secretary general of FO, "there will be strikes everywhere". 

“94% of working people are against raising the retirement age or extending the contribution period. So there will be no proxy strikes. Whether in the public or in the private sector, in the public transport or in an industry, there will be strikes everywhere and then in certain places, means of action. I often take the example of the Pyrénées Orientales where they will block tolls and roundabouts", affirms- he.

Asked about the actions implemented on Tuesday, Frédéric Souillot specifies, without giving too many details, that a "certain number of tractors will come to demonstrate and that, perhaps, they will stop and break down on roundabouts ".

The ras-le-bol of the French

While several actions are announced for Tuesday, the French express their fed up with the various strikes.

"It's a shame to take France hostage, it scares me a little in relation to the economy. I think it will be impacted, perhaps not directly, but indirectly", laments a man at the microphone of Europe 1. "It goes too far because we have nothing to do with it. I understand people's demands but that's not why we have to charge others", recognizes a young female.

"Blocking and embarrassing everyone is a problem," said another citizen.

"We are already struggling to recover from everything that has happened to us lately. We have to stop anyway. My concern is getting to work. I have several employers, which means that I have to make all the trips. on foot", regrets an employee.

Then, a doctor worries about being able to visit his patients.

"I go to establishments in the suburbs and I get there by public transport. I hope I could do that."

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"Let them join us on our picket lines"

Reactions to which Frédéric Souillot wanted to respond.

"I answer them that they join us on our pickets or in our processions for some of them. The doctor who claims to travel by public transport, when medicine was on strike a week ago and that "they had put 80% of strikers, we did not criticize the mode of action. So the strike is the peaceful and constitutional solution for the workers to assert their demands. For us, it is not increase in the retirement age and no extension of the contribution period", he concludes.